Granulators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Machines that crush or grind solid material into tiny particles ; workers or firms that shape substances into small pellets or grains
2. Devices designed to break down bulk matter into fine granular pieces ; operators who produce granules from raw materials
3. Equipment for pulverizing substances into small grains ; agents or businesses that convert materials into granular form

Etymology: "Granulators" is simply the plural of "granulator," a machine or person that granulates things. The noun comes from the verb "granulate," which itself builds on "granule," a small grain, drawn from the Latin "granulum," a diminutive of "granum," meaning grain or seed. The ending "-or" is an agent suffix, borrowed from Latin "-or" and used to name the doer of an action, so a granulator is the thing or person that turns material into grains.